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LettersPatent No.86,550, dated February 2, 1869.

TOBACCO-BOX.

The 'Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making put of thesame.

To all whom it ma/y concern Be it known that I, JOHN PJAMIsoN, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tobaccodoxes, of which' the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification, and in which- Figures 1 and 2represent opposite-edge views of a tobacco-box constructed in accordancewith my improvement;

Figures 3 and 4, longitudinal sections, in directions parallel to thesides of the box, with its opposite edges uppermost, and showing, by redlines, the lids thrown up or back; and

Figure 5, a transverse section, taken as denoted by the line x :t in g.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

' In the use of cavendish, cake, plug, or lump-tobacco, for chewing orsmoking-purposes, but more especially the latter, it has heretofore beenusual t9 chip or cut from the plug,.by a pocket or hand-knif`e, instrips more or less tine, the required quantity of tobacco for immediateuse, and afterward to rub the same between the palms of the hands, toreduce the chips or cuttings to the necessary fineness-to admit of thesame being smoked ina pipe. This is a tedious, inconvenient, and

often wasteful operaion; and

My invention consists in a box, of convenient size and shape to carry inthe pocket, constructed to hold the plug or cake of tobacco, andprovided with a cutter, or shaver, so that, on taking out the plug, anddrawing its edge repeatedly over the cutter, the tobacco ialls, as it iscut or reduced, within the box, ready foruse.

Likewise, the invention consists in the arrangement' box, and serving toenclose compartments, the one of which holds the plug, and receives thetobacco as it is cut by the shaver, arranged in' the lid thereto, whilethe other, or reverse compartment, is used to carry matches, for theconvenience of thesmoker, and which may be struck or lit by drawing themover a roughened surface on the lid to said compartment or other pox'-tion of the box.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A is a sheet-metal box, of oblongor flat form, and of a convenient sizefor carriage in the pocket. l

Said box is divided into compartments, c and b, arranged side by side,aud made to occupy reverse positions, as regards their bottoms, the onebeing accessible by a lid, c, hinged as at d, and the other by a lid, e,hinged as at f. These lids form opposite edges to the box. v

The one compartment, c, should be of sufficient capacity to hold a plugor cake of tobacco, and its lid, c, be provided with an inclined cutter,or shaver, g, adjustable from the inside, an'd having its cutting-edgearranged to project" through an opening in said lid, so that, onl takingout the plug, and drawing it repeatedly over the edge of the cutter,when the lid is closed, the cut or reduced tobacco will fall or work itsway into the compartment c, from which, when suicient is cut, it'may betaken and the pipe charged therewith, after which the plug is returnedto said compartment for further use, as required.

By 'theanangement of the cutter in the lid, it is readily` accessiblefor clearance, if choked, also for adjustment to out coarse or fine, orto meet wear, and for attachment or detachment'when requiringsharpening, repair, or renewal.

AThe compartment b answers t'o hold matches, which, on being. drawn out,as occasion requires, one by one, to light the pipe charged with thetobacco cutas described, may be' lit by drawing them over a roughenedsurface on the back or outside oi" the lid c.

Here, then, is combined, in the one article, a box for holding the plugand matciisafe, a cutter for 're dueing the tobacco as required, and areceptacle for catching and holding the tobacco as it is cut.

Apart from the convenience of always having the cutter ready at hand, bycombining it with the box which holds the tobacco, insteadbf relyingupon a loose or separate knife for tliepurpose,fthetobacco is moreregularly and nelycut, by the'action of the xed or stationary cutter,than is practicable by the use of a loose knife.

To the traveller, a tobacco-boxthus donstructed will be foundexceedingly convenient.

What is here claimed, and desired to be securedby Letters Patent, is-

l. A tobacco-box provided with a'c'utter, arranged 'to project throughit in such amanner as that, on draw ing the tobacco over the outsidesurface of the box, it is cut or reduced, and the cut portions depositedwithin the box, substantiallyas specified.

2. The arrangement of the cutter g in or through the lid c of the box,essentially as and for the purpose or purposes herein set forth. i

3. .Lhe combination of the compartments a and b, lids c c, and cutter orshaver g, substantially as shown and described.

' JOHN P. JAMISON.

Witnesses:

J. W. Cocinas, HENRY PALMER.

